2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 – Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Maxime Cressy in the final, 7–6(8–6), 6–3 to win the men's singles title at the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1. It was his 89th career ATP title. Cressy entered the tournament as a qualifier and was contesting his first tour-level final.

This was the first edition of the tournament.

Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. • # 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (champion)

• # 🇺🇸 Reilly Opelka (second round)

• # 🇧🇬 Grigor Dimitrov (semifinals)

• # 🇧🇪 David Goffin (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Benoît Paire (first round, retired)

• # 🇧🇾 Ilya Ivashka (withdrew)

• # 🇩🇪 Dominik Koepfer (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Mackenzie McDonald (second round)

Seeds
• # 🇫🇮 Emil Ruusuvuori (moved to main draw)

• # Henri Laaksonen (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇦🇷 Sebastián Báez (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇮🇹 Marco Cecchinato (withdrew)

• # 🇮🇹 Andreas Seppi (qualified)

• # 🇱🇹 Ričardas Berankis (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Denis Kudla (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Maxime Cressy (qualified)

Qualifiers
• # 🇱🇹 Ričardas Berankis

• # 🇦🇺 Rinky Hijikata

• # 🇮🇹 Andreas Seppi

• # 🇺🇸 Maxime Cressy

Lucky losers
• # Henri Laaksonen

• # 🇦🇷 Sebastián Báez